Mexichromis festiva (Angas, 1864) is a animal in the Chromodorididae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Mexichromis festiva (Angas, 1864)

Mexichromis festiva (Angas, 1864)

Mexichromis festiva is a distinctly colored chromodorid nudibranch first described from Port Jackson, Australia.

Genus
Mexichromis
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Mexichromis festiva (Angas, 1864)

Mexichromis festiva is a species of chromodorid nudibranch. Its body is white, with raised pink spots across the mantle. A broken yellow line runs along the edge of the mantle, positioned over an opaque white margin. The rachis of its gill is pink, while the gill leaves are white. The outer half of its rhinophores is pink. This species was first described based on specimens collected from Port Jackson, Australia.

Photo: (c) Ian Shaw, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ian Shaw

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Chromodorididae Mexichromis

More from Chromodorididae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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